02016cam a22002657 4500001000600000003000500006005001700011008004100028100001900069245011200088260006600200490004100266500001800307520085700325530006101182538007201243538003601315690010301351690008501454700002001539710004201559830007601601856003701677856003601714w6915NBER20170926162201.0170926s1999 mau||||fs|||| 000 0 eng d1 aHarrison, Ann.10aWho Gains from Trade Reform? Some Remaining Puzzlesh[electronic resource] /cAnn Harrison, Gordon Hanson. aCambridge, Mass.bNational Bureau of Economic Researchc1999.1 aNBER working paper seriesvno. w6915 aJanuary 1999.3 aThis paper focuses on three unresolved issues with regard to the impact of trade reform. First, many studies linking trade reform to long run growth are surprisingly fragile. To illustrate the problems with this literature, we examine a popular measure of openness recently introduced by Sachs and Warner (1995). We show that their measure fails to establish a robust link between more open trade policies and long run growth. The second puzzle we identify is the small impact of trade reform on employment in developing countries. Finally, we analyze evidence on the relationship between trade reform and rising wage inequality, focusing on the 1985 Mexican trade reform. Wage inequality in Mexico rose after the reform, which is puzzling in a Heckscher-Ohlin context if Mexico has a comparative advantage in producing low skill-intensive goods. aHardcopy version available to institutional subscribers. aSystem requirements: Adobe [Acrobat] Reader required for PDF files. aMode of access: World Wide Web. 7aF13 - Trade Policy • International Trade Organizations2Journal of Economic Literature class. 7aF16 - Trade and Labor Market Interactions2Journal of Economic Literature class.1 aHanson, Gordon.2 aNational Bureau of Economic Research. 0aWorking Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research)vno. w6915.4 uhttp://www.nber.org/papers/w691541uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w6915